Modern-day Ma Barker gets 79-year-sentence, seeks new trial

VIRGINIA BEACH--A woman accused of being a modern-day Ma Barker and encouraging her son and two of his friends to rob McDonald's restaurants at gunpoint was sentenced to 79 years in prison.
Immediately after the Oct. 29 sentencing, Blythenia Weatherspoon's attorney asked for a new trial, saying one of the men lied when he testified against ...